As Hurricane Matthew runs along the Florida and Georgia coasts — and having already caused hundreds of deaths in Haiti — perhaps you've seen images of what appear to be sharks swimming in flooded streets.


These images — which are hoaxes — are nothing new.
They frequently pop up during hurricanes, and are spread far and wide through social media, even years after being proven false.
After a subway station in Toronto flooded in 2012, Jamie King created this image and edited in sharks as a joke, he said on Twitter.

Initiated by trolls and attention-seekers, propagated by people's legitimate fears — and in spite of repeated debunking — these images continue to spread.


So, next time you see a shark roaming the streets during a hurricane, be vigilant.
It's probably/definitely fake.